To think after all the years to past, things would have gotten better! How can someone be fueled with so much hatred, that it will make them cause harm or even kill an innocent human being? They are often referred to as bias crimes. Majority of the time, hate crimes are committed,
What can be done to prevent hate crimes in society today? A hate crime is a crime committed by someone who is prejudice against a certain group or individual. These crimes can range from simple kindergarten name-calling to terrorist airplane attacks on the Twin Towers in New York or brutal planned school shootings, such as Columbine in Colorado. Hate exists in uncountable forms all over the country. In every part of the United States there are crimes being committed out of hate towards certain individuals or groups, but these crimes can be put to a halt with more strict laws against crime, public awareness, and world peace.
In my opinion, the penalties for hate crimes should continue to be more severe than that of a regular crime because so many innocent people are injured and even killed simply because they are different. People should have the right to live in America free of fear that something will happen to them simply because they were not born a certain color, they practice a different religion or that they happen to be
Another group included 40 sex offenders, who induced crimes such as rape, paedophilia and sexual assaults. Their mean age varied from 41 for the paedophiles down to 28 for the other assaults. The last group of 20 had committed property offences involving theft and burglary, their mean age was 29. The procedure involved the use of the ‘Blame Attribution Inventory’, this measured the offender’s type of offence and attribution of blame in three aspects: internal/external, mental element and guilt. The results exposed the sex offenders as feeling the most guilt with a mean score of 12.7, and the violent criminals followed with a score of 8.1.
Further, because most hate-crime legislation puts added effort into prosecuting crimes against certain individuals or groups, what about the same crimes committed against someone who doesn't fit into one of those groups? Will the crime be prosecuted to the same extent? If not, you're making things worse for the majority, who are likely to feel underprotected. If the problem is that too many people (of any group) are being mugged, or assaulted, or their belongings vandalized, you should put more effort into prosecuting muggings, assaults, or vandalism. Not to protect any one group, but to protect all
These crimes are committed because prejudice still exists, for many different reasons. Hate crimes effects are far reaching, from the individual victim to the community as a whole. Hate offenses are motivated by a bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnicity or national origin. Many people fear that which is different. Unfortunately, this will not go away in the future.
Hate Crimes Hate crime, are directed against different types of people that poses a challenge toward the public enemy, organizations, groups. Such hate crimes are anything from arson, harassment, personal assaults to killings. American society views hate crimes as being bias such as the killings of African Americans. The first recorded hate crime came back in 1922 and still goes on as of today. The hate crime can be brutal such as lynchings.
As with genocide, terrorism does not create any moral dilemma to the society that implements it, yet the one that it is being used against is of the opinion that it is one of the worst things that can be used. The United States condemns all of the Muslim extremist organizations for their use of terrorism, yet the United States used the same tactics during the Revolutionary war. The exploits of the fictitious character Robin Hood used what would be seen as terrorist acts against a portion of the society in which he lived in, yet it is glorified in movies and books. Pirates also used and continue to use terrorism today. In the United States and England, English pirates that terrorized other nations are glorified, while all other pirates are
Hate Crimes against LGBT Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are frequently targeted by state and individuals because their sexual orientation. The violence can be motivated by political, religious, social basis or homophobia. The violence can take the form of lynching, intimidation, mobbing, assault, cyber stalking, bullying and rape. In most democracy countries, legal provisions permitting or decriminalizing homosexuality have been in place since the Second World War. Under these legal issues, violence is qualified as a form of hate crime.
Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice July Wright University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA 423 Shomari Gilford March 25, 2011 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Capital Punishment or the death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil, exceeded by only those condemned to the wages of this unquestionable sin. Minorities such as Hispanics and African Americans, aggregate this continuous barrage of discrimination. Racial minorities are inexplicably prosecuted for violent crimes. It has become a debatable issue for a long period of time. Some people still believe that being born as a Hispanic or African American means becoming less of a person which is quite unfair for it is not the